Linlin didn't come because he was stopped at the palace gate.
The guards following behind Linlin were somewhat surprised.
Suddenly, a woman rushed out, knelt before the horse, and held up something to plead her case.
You should know that the young master's BMW was about to trample her face.
If it weren't for the exceptional BMW, this tragedy would have already occurred.
The girl had disheveled hair and a face covered in dirt, but you could still tell she was originally a young woman with a slender and graceful figure. I wondered why she would do something so dangerous.
Linlin looked down at the woman below his horse with a deep gaze.
Her watery eyes, as wet as a fawn's, were filled with panic; her smeared face reminded him of the felines Yanran kept; her body trembled like a leaf in the wind, yet she stubbornly knelt there...
Lang Jiu.
Lang Xuan, holding aloft a blue and white floral bundle, knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice, "Young Master, this is the evidence of the Lang Family's years of premeditated plot against the Prince, their collusion with Prince of Ding, and their attempts to frame the Prince even at the cost of harming the common people! It's all here!"
She knew this day would come, but she didn't expect it to come so soon!
Fortunately, in her previous life she witnessed the Lang Family being confiscated, so she knew where those important things were hidden.
When she first received it, she was worried that her deeds would be exposed.
But now I realize how scary it was; thankfully she managed to get it.
To everyone's surprise, Yuwen Duo started his rebellion ahead of schedule.
Lang Xuan was unaware that she was the variable.
It was the information she provided that angered Linlin.
--In Linlin's heart, the relationship between her father and mother was the important bond that held the whole family together.
Someone dared to make a move from here; they're asking for trouble. He wouldn't mind sending them on their way.
Linlin made a gesture, and immediately a guard dismounted and took it from Lang Xuan's hands.
The guard presented it to Linlin respectfully.
Linlin didn't take it, saying calmly, "Keep it. Someone, escort Ninth Miss Lang to..."
He paused for a moment, because he hadn't thought of where Lang Xuan could go now.
Someone will soon tell the Lang Family what just happened.
Lang Xuan realized that she could never go back to that home.
"I have somewhere to go," Lang Xuan said hastily, her eyes glistening with tears. "I only beg you, young master, not to forget what happened today."
Lang Xuan kowtowed deeply.
Yes, she was begging for his protection, humbled to the point of being in the dust.
She would do anything, no matter how humble, as long as her family could emerge unscathed from the storm.
Having given up on extravagant hopes, I feel more at ease.
Yuwen Duo will be the ruler of the world, and she is one of his subjects.
Her humility was merely conformity; she no longer held the expectation of love that had blossomed amidst the dust of her past life.
That's good.
Now all she hopes for is that, whether he pities her or not, he will spare her whole family. That's all.
Linlin said coldly, "I promised you. Someone, go buy her a pair of shoes, then take her wherever she wants to go."
"Yes!"
Linlin gripped the reins, her expression unchanged, and unusually added, "Next time, if you want to be a savior, don't put yourself in danger. Not every time will you be so lucky as to escape unscathed from your horse."
After saying that, he yelled "Giddy up!" and the BMW sped away like an arrow.
The guards followed closely behind, leaving only billowing dust that blurred her vision.
Lang Jiu slumped to the ground, and only when the guards asked her to get up did she manage a bitter smile and say, "I'm sorry, let me rest for a bit."
She thought that all the courage she had accumulated in her two lifetimes had been used up on this one day.
The guard hesitated for a moment, then reached out his arm to help her up.
Lang Jiu shook her head and refused. After gathering her strength for a moment, she forced herself to stand up and also refused the guard's offer to buy her shoes. She then went with the guard to the small house she had bought before.
She cannot accept anything from Yuwen Duo.
She feared that if she got too deeply involved, she would be doomed.
She had to live for her father, aunt, and brother; she could no longer be willful.
The small house had only two courtyards. When she returned, her family was already there, repeatedly asking Chunya what had happened.
Chunya was so anxious that she cried.
How could she know what was going on?
She only knew that Tu Wu had bought this small house for the girl, but she couldn't figure out why he had bought it.
Also, where did the girl get her money?
She carefully calculated that the girl had given Tu Wu two or three thousand taels of silver for his services.
Let alone the girl, even if you were to gather all the money from the four branches of the Lang Family, you wouldn't have that much silver!
It felt like the girl had conjured up banknotes out of thin air...
She asked Tu Wu, Tu Wu asked her, but in the end, no one knew the answer.
Tu Wu told her to just listen, thinking the girl was someone with her own ideas.
Chunya: Really?
The girl has changed recently; she used to be indecisive and a bit confused.
When Chunya thought of Lang Xuan running around outside with one shoe still missing, she cried even harder, unable to catch her breath.
The Lang He couple were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, wishing they could slap the girl twice.
"Father, Aunt, I'm back." Lang Xuan walked in.
The whole family breathed a sigh of relief.
Lang Wu angrily said, "So you finally know how to come back! What have you been doing?! Do you even know how chaotic things are outside right now?!"
Concubine Yun quickly grabbed him, angrily saying, "Tenth Young Master, how can you speak to Ninth Miss like that? Apologize to Ninth Miss at once!"
Lang Wu refused, saying, "It's clearly her fault!"
Concubine Yun reddened with anxiety. She tried to bow to Lang Xuan herself, but Lang Xuan stopped her, saying, "Aunt, it is indeed my fault for not telling you beforehand."
Lang He Heze said, "Alright, alright, we're family, stop arguing. Xuan'er, what happened? Where are we? We're here... Have you heard? Prince of Ding was killed..."
She not only heard about it, but also witnessed the death of Prince of Ding.
"Father, Mother, the Lang Family is finished."
Lang He plopped down in a chair, muttering, "I knew it, something was bound to happen sooner or later."
Concubine Yun stepped forward to pat him on the back, appearing calmer than him. "Miss, what do we do now?"
Lang Xuan couldn't help but glance at her again.
Concubine Yun is truly a woman of great ideas.
Looking back on her past life, it was her own idea to force herself into the Eastern Palace by threatening suicide.
Concubine Yun was Lang Xuan's mother's maid. The two had a deep bond, so Aunt Yun treated Lang Xuan very well.
In her past life, she was instigated and misled by slanderous words, who believed that she had slept with her father without her mother's permission. As a result Lang Xuan always held a grudge about this and could not get close to her.
Looking back now, I realize that my miserable end was entirely my own fault, and I have no one else to blame but myself.
Concubine Yun felt a little embarrassed by her gaze. "Miss..."
"It's alright," Lang Xuan said. "This house is mine, so feel free to stay here."
The whole family was stunned.